English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Lighthazles

Early-attested site in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Lictheseles 1275,1296,1298 WCR
  • Licthesils 1314 ib
  • Lichesils, Lihchasles 1323–4 ib
  • Lithes(e)les 1275,1308 WCR
  • Lithhesles 1307 ib
  • Lightesles, Lyghtesles 1309 Ext
  • Lyghthesels 1315 WCR
  • Lyghthasles 1325 ib
  • Lyghtheysels 1567 PRHfx
  • Lyghthasel(l)s 1575 WillY 1580 FGr

Etymology

'The bright hazels', v. leoht , hæsel ; cf. Lighthazles f.n. ii, 271, 306 supra .

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Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

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Major Settlement